Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth
- ISBN-10
- 0700607730
- ISBN-13
- 9780700607730
- Series
- Wild Bill Hickok
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Law Enforcement
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Author
- Joseph G. Rosa
Description
Eulogised and ostracised, James Butler Hickok was alternately labelled courageous, affable, and self-confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; and a poor shot. Born in Illinois in 1837, he was shot dead in Deadwood only 39 years later. By then both famous and infamous, he was widely known as Wild Bill.
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- 2003-12-15
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- 2003-12-15
- 36 pages
- Paperback
- The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
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